TASK [archive the files] fatal: : FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'files'"}

[Nithin Subbaraj]

Hi Team,

I am trying to create an ansible script which excludes a particular directory and its contents
and should zip the files under other directories but getting the below error

TASK [archive the files] fatal: : FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'files'"}

my script

##################################
---
- hosts: all
  tasks:
   - name: exclude an intermediate directory
     find:
        paths: /home/nsubbaraj/toplevel
        recurse: true
        excludes: foo
     register: result
   - debug:
        msg: "{{ result.files|map(attribute='path')|list }}"
   - name: exclude an intermediate directory with find command
     command: >-
       find toplevel -name foo -prune -o -type f -mtime +7  -print
     register: results
   - debug:
       msg: "{{ result.stdout_lines }}"
   - name: archive the files
     become: yes
     archive:
      remove: yes
      path: "{{ item.path }}"
      dest: "{{ item.path }}-{{ansible_date_time.date.replace('-','')}}.gz"
      format: zip
     with_items: "{{ results.files }}"

#############################################


PLAY [all] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [qc1udataoas01]

TASK [exclude an intermediate directory] ****************************************************************************************************************************************************
ok: [qc1udataoas01]

TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
 {
    "msg": [
        "/home/nsubbaraj/toplevel/foo/testfile1.txt",
        "/home/nsubbaraj/toplevel/bar/testfile2.txt",
        "/home/nsubbaraj/toplevel/bar/testfile1",
        "/home/nsubbaraj/toplevel/bar/testfile3.gz"
    ]
}

TASK [exclude an intermediate directory with find command] **********************************************************************************************************************************


TASK [debug] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
 => {
    "msg": [
        "toplevel/bar/testfile1",
        "toplevel/bar/testfile3.gz"
    ]
}

TASK [archive the files] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************
fatal:  FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'files'"}

PLAY RECAP **********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
             : ok=5    changed=1    unreachable=0    failed=1    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0

[Stefan Hornburg (Racke)]

On 1/20/21 4:31 PM, Nithin Subbaraj wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> I am trying to create an ansible script which excludes a particular directory and its contents
> and should zip the files under other directories but getting the below error
>
> TASK [archive the files] fatal: : FAILED! => {"msg": "'dict object' has no attribute 'files'"}
>

Only the find module would add "files" to the registered value- The command module
doesn't do that.

Regards
Racke

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[Nithin Subbaraj]

Thanks for the help ,our main aim is to create a automated ansible script
which takes multiple path (hard coded) and with find module it should check files older
than 7 days and should exclude few directories or files and should compress the other files.

But somehow find and exclude path with time stamp is not working

I am trying multiple approaches but not successful but no luck ,any hint would be helpful

Ref:
https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project/c/xEQVAxWnO-Y
https://groups.google.com/g/ansible-project/c/63vMBMJnsqQ